Solutions Engineering Manager, Central Europe
(Berlin, Germany)
Facebook's mission is to give people the power to share, and make the
world more open and connected. Through our growing family of apps and
services, we're building a different kind of company that helps billions
of people around the world connect and share what matters most to them.
Whether we're creating new products or helping a small business expand
its reach, people at Facebook are builders at heart. Our global teams
are constantly iterating, solving problems, and working together to make
the world more open and accessible. Connecting the world takes every
one of us—and we're just getting started.
Facebook
seeks a Solutions Engineering Manager for the Central Europe region to
be based out of our Berlin, Germany office. At Facebook, Solutions
Engineers are creative problem solvers who strive to reconcile business
challenges using various technologies to create effective marketing
solutions.
This unique role is part of a small client facing engineering team
working with Businesses, Marketing Partners & Agencies across Europe
to help integrate Facebook in their products and services.
Solutions Engineers embed themselves in the businesses of their partners
providing technical consultation on various Facebook technologies
related to Advertising, Pages, Platform & Mobile.
The teams sits at the crossroads between various organizations like core
engineering, product & marketing helping facilitate communication
but also helping bring ideas from the market to life.
This niche team has become a critical function at Facebook, not only to
ensure the success of our partners on the platform but also to prototype
opportunities we identify whilst interacting with clients.
Collaborating deeply with clients to solve difficult problems, you will
help build solutions to achieve business objectives such as performance
marketing and brand awareness.
Last year, Solutions Engineers contributed hundreds of
thousands of lines of code to the Facebook codebase helping improve its
marketing platform.
Solutions Engineers are Software Engineers with a strong passion for
partner interaction and a good sense of business, striving to help
advertisers become better marketers. They contribute to creating
delightful experiences for consumers making marketing more relevant and
effectively driving more business for their clients.
Responsibilities
People management, leading a team of Solutions Engineers
Hands on coding for ~50% of time in a variety of languages, primarily C/C++ and PHP
Deeply understand the Business ecosystem, identify problems and solutions for Businesses
Build
technical expertise in Facebook products including Ads API, Pages,
Platform and provide consultative guidance to Businesses and ecosystem
Manage relationship with product teams & decision makers at businesses
Help launch products including supporting Alpha and Beta programs
Handle support escalations
Minimum Qualifications
BA/BS in Computer Science or equivalent degree/experience
Previous experience as a software engineer, solutions architect or partner/sales engineer
Previous experience as a people manager or lead
Deep understanding of the full web technology stack and/or mobile (TCP/IP, HTTP, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, RESTful API)
Excellent communication skills including experience speaking to a technical and business audiences
Solid
software development skills with experience building software developed
in (at least one) Python, PHP, C/C++, Ruby, C# or Java
Proficient in a Unix/Linux environment
Willingness and ability to travel approximately 20% of time
The ideal candidate will already have a good understanding of the Facebook APIs, ad tech, and experience building mobile apps
Fluency in written & spoken German and English language